La Fromagee Jean Yves Bordier

Recently on a trip to Sluis in the Netherlands, I ate at Sergio Herman’s flagship Oud Sluis restaurant. Upon getting the bread and butter, something seemed familiar. It was similar to the butter at Pierre Gagnaire and L’Arpege in Paris. Turns out it is the same great butter from the master Jean Yves Bordier. His old technique of churning butter in old wooden barrels creating some of the yellowest, almost cheese like butters, Ive ever seen. I guess it’s no surprise that Chefs like Sergio Herman, Alain Passard and Pierre Gagnaire get there product from here. It is pretty phenomenal. I wish I lived nearby and try some of his great sounding compound butters. I guess the next time Im in France a trip here might have to be on the books.